World’s heaviest man marries in Mexico

The world’s heaviest man has tied the knot. Manuel Uribe, who hasn’t left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico. Wearing a white silk... Read more

Statins Lower Risk of Clots in Cancer Patients

A class of drugs widely used to lower cholesterol may have a future in preventing blood clots in patients with breast, lung, colon and other solid-organ cancers. Research from scientists at the Albert... Read more

Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem

The popular bone-building medications known as bisphosphonates may have a rare, but serious, cardiac side effect. A review of available research concludes that these medications may increase the risk of... Read more

Frankenstein’s offers Halloween chills

Boris Karloff never walked these grounds, but the history of Burg Frankenstein may have inspired Mary Shelley’s famous monster. It has also inspired one of the oldest Halloween parties in Germany,... Read more

Lower East Side old and new: History and hipsters

For waves of immigrants to America, the Lower East Side was a place of first settlement. Today it’s one of the city’s trendiest neighborhoods. But it’s easy to find history amid the hipsters. Some... Read more

What are the candidates hiding?

In the past week, Cindy McCain released two pages of her 2007 tax return, and Joe Biden let reporters review — but not copy — 49 pages of his medical records. But those steps did not satisfy critics,... Read more

La. man sues Oprah over arrest on extortion charge

A Louisiana man has filed a lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey, claiming she and an attorney made false statements that led the FBI to arrest him on charges that he tried to extort the talk-show host. Keifer... Read more

Zaki makes Bruce regret not doing permanent deal

Wigan manager Steve Bruce has admitted that he may have made a major blunder by failing to sign Egypt striker Amr Zaki on a permanent basis when he was available for a bargain 7.25 million pounds. Zaki,... Read more

Business travel costs seen rising

Business travelers can expect to pay almost 3 percent more to get from “Point A” to “Point B” in the U.S. next year, according to a report from American Express Business Travel... Read more

Leukaemia drug can halt, reverse MS

Researchers at the University of Cambridge said Thursday they have found that a drug originally developed to treat leukaemia can halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS). In... Read more

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